A Notebook And A Pen

I make 50K a year, notebook and pen recommendation

Sir,

I make 50K a year in the IT field.  What kind of notebook and pen would you suggest? 

Moleskine and a Cross

Moleskines are well regarded among the technical set, and they are inexpensive, and sturdy.  Get black, probably.  I prefer the graph paper type, but lined or unlined is fine too.  Bosses in the tech space look askance sometimes at notes that are a little florid or flowery, so lines are probably best. 

Cross pens are sturdy, professional, well-regarded, widely available, and a notch above some off-brand.  There are thousands of styles - pick a simple professional-looking one.  The Cross Classic Century BLACK and Tech 3, both available at Amazon, are great choices.  I used to use their classic century in Chrome, but I found that it and the gold one slipped frequently in my hand.

Prices are pretty sweet at Amazon, too... if you ever want something nicer, a good step up can be found at fahrneyspens.com.

Mark

Notebook and pen recommendation

Mark

I am a Senior Director in IT and make over $100,000.  What notebook and pen would you suggest?  I really like my Zebra F-301 pen so it would be hard to give it up.

Thanks in advance.

Consider sprucing up your

Consider sprucing up your Moleskine with a leather cover. If you're lucky, you'll find one in a brick-and-mortar store.

Here is a company based out of San Fransisco that sells them online: http://www.molecover.com/collections/all

Notebook to hold a pen

Terrific podcast.  Thanks guys.  Can you recomend a notebook or cover that will hold a pen?  I've lost a few nice pens, and would love to start keeping my pen in the notebook.

 Thanks.

 Terry

Writing pad with numbered pages

Following this podcast I bought a leather padfolio I like that holds a writing pad.  I was looking around for writing pads with numbered pages to help keep a table of contents at the beginning of each pad.

Is anyone aware of anything like this available? Any other suggestions for organizing after you've gone through many pads?

Thanks,

Ryan

btw, here's the padfolio I bought: http://www.amazon.com/Buxton-Writing-Pad/dp/B0030DMSKY/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF...

Writing pad with numbered pages

I use paper that isn't numbered, but it is setup to help keep you organized.  The paper is sold by a company called Behance.  Below are links to their paper products and a specific link to the pad of paper I buy for my padfolio.  The paper is setup much like they described in the podcast with areas for notes, follow-up, action items, etc.  I originally bought it because it has a dot grid layout and it comes in bright colors (I'm easily impressed), but it has helped me stay more organized throughout a project lifecycle. 

Paper Products:

http://www.creativesoutfitter.com/products/100/action-method

Pad of Paper:

http://www.creativesoutfitter.com/product/23/action-pad

I only use the paper, but if you would like to go over the top, they offer online and mobile solutions to help keep your team on the same page.

A Notebook And A Pen

Guys,

Love the casts.  Having a pad and pen is something I've always carried with me out of necessity since my memory is so poor and I NEED to write everything down.  My pad is leather so it looks appropriate in all but the most formal settings but I normally write with the Pilot G2 black pens so they don't exactly fit your suggestion of a metal pen but it is the most comfortable for me.  Thanks for all your suggestions.  Making me better everyday.

-Kelvin 

Digital Pens

Hello Everyone

What is the latest feelings on the digital pens? I've been thinking about getting either the LiveScribe or the IRISNotes pen. It seems both have their pros..

LiveScribe records audio while you write, and recalls it instantly when you tap the note (requires special paper, which you can print yourself if need be)

IRISNotes uses a transciever to record your pen strokes and then saves your notes digitally to the computer (which can be uploaded later so your computer is not in use when you take the notes) no special paper required.

Are there legal considerations for using the LiveScribe? Would you need to state to others that you are doing an audio recording during a meeting? I would think the answer is yes.

Neither of these pens are anything fancy to look at, however, the Livescibe pro also comes with a nice notebook/binder.

-David

Arc notebooks

Staples just came out with a line of Arc notebooks which offer removable pages that just "snap" in and out. It's the same as the Levenger series of notebooks but much less expensive. For me, I don't like fixed page notebooks because I don't like retaining data after I need it, and I also like to arrange things like all staff meeting notes are together in one section. These style of notebooks for me by far are the most flexible. And now that Staples sells them, they are super affordable.

Tom

The answer is

This was a very interesting podcast as i have faced the issues mentioned in the past.

I resolved the issue by buying a Livescribe pen and Livescribe notepad..the Livescribe pen records internally everything that gets written (you can even save the audio too) then I download all my notes to my computer by synchronising the pen with my computer.

I dont really care anymore if I lose notepad as I can have them on my computer too.

Tablet Notes

Guys

Great casts - always!

My question is around the "corectness" of electronics vs paper.

So you mention the blackberry typing of notes, and you mention typing notes during meetings, and I get that. 

However, since getting the iPad I have been using the PenUltimate  app to scribe my notes. This allows me to follow your Cornell Notetaking guidance as well as be creative in pictures /diagrams within my notes. In addition, I backup into the cloud which sets me up nicely to never loose anything and have them accessible via my desktop or any other device. 

So the question goes back to the "correctness" of handling notes this way. I typically don't go anywhere without my iPad.

Just wondering if I should be carrying my iPad AND a notepad and pen.

Thanks!

Joe